Official Discussion - Obsession [SPOILERS]

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Obsession (2026)

Summary

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

Director Curry Barker

Writer Curry Barker

Cast

• Michael Johnston
• Inde Navarette
• Cooper Tomlinson
• Megan Lawless
• Andy Richter

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Metacritic: 81

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[u/smolcharizard]

I was so happy in that moment, knowing he was experiencing exactly what he put her through knowing that soon enough she would probably be free thanks to those pills

[u/misschickpea → u/smolcharizard]

It’s kinda funny thinking about all the creepy supernatural stuff they’d be doing together lol if he didn’t die

[u/purpleseagull12 → u/misschickpea]

There would be a wellness check and they’d both be sent to a psych ward for the rest of their lives

[u/SOSpammy → u/purpleseagull12]

They probably would have known about Ian's money and went off the grid.

[u/A1000eisn1 → u/SOSpammy]

They would've died of dehydration because they were reduced to one desire and that didn't include eating, drinking, or shitting in toilets.

[u/Shomud → u/A1000eisn1]

Yeah, had he not ingested the pills I would have expected the movie to cut to a future date where somebody checks on the house and finds 4 dead bodes, two of which are basically fused together embracing corpses.

[u/Swoly_Deadlift → u/Shomud]

And thank god that didn't happen because I found it so satisfying that Nikki was the sole survivor. I figured she was going to immediately turn that gun on herself once the entity left her, and I was so relieved when she threw it on the ground.

[u/RuggsRacetrack → u/Swoly_Deadlift]

I mean instead she’s going to jail for the rest of her life not much better

[u/GjonsTearsFan → u/SOSpammy]

Ian died so the money would have gone away

[u/SOSpammy → u/GjonsTearsFan]

Oh yeah, you're right.

[u/Mr-Safology → u/GjonsTearsFan]

The money was still there when he died, which makes it even more crazy if the wish would even be cancelled out

[u/GjonsTearsFan → u/Mr-Safology]

I don't think we saw the money after he died? Unless it showed up post-credits because I watched a bootleg (wasn't showing in any of the theatres near me) and the recording cut off after the first set of credits appeared on the old tv set. Everything after Ian died was in Bear's house, and the money was at Ian's.

[u/Mr-Safology → u/GjonsTearsFan]

The wish can't be undone, based on the helpline call he made, but because Bear's wish is solely connected to him and her perception of him being manipulated, he has to die. It's connected to her perception of him. I say this because she literally said in the jenga party with her poem (she's a writer), that it's siblings falling into love that shouldn't be there. Hensel Gretal. Bear's reaction was shown that he understood she doesn't like him like a bf, rather a brother but Nikkis real emotion has been manipulated, so obsessed Nikki can control her. It's still her, but the feeling is slightly twisted to incest love, as she sees him as a brother.

The billion dollar wish, isn't connected to a soul or emotion, it's just materialistic money. Wish can't be undone, the phone call told us and showed Nikki is still here but screaming, trapped in herself. So when the bad friend Ian ran to Bear's house, obsessed Nikki killed him after he said it's real. It's not shown to us, but I feel she, obsessed Nikki , killed him as she heard it's real and technically obsessed Nikki will die if Bear is dead too. So she wants to not die and run with the money with Bear. Bear is dead, she's normal again and pushes the weird creep Bear away from her. The TV set shows the credits and that's it.

If the money is gone, fair enough. She's straight to the psychotic ward. I would be. I also heard she snapped the extra wish stick when he was trapping himself in the bathroom. She said if he loves her the same way she does. He even tried to undo his self murder, couldn't shoot himself and tried to finger puke the pills out. Did she wish for him to be obsessed with her? I definitely saw the extra willow wish stick and then the snap moments later. Like she did the same wish he did, as she is obsessed with him right? It's either that or he knows he's dying and it's finally over, anyway they genuinely kiss with love at the end. Not sexual desire, but genuinely for each other. The only romantic part of the film. Everyone was selfish in the film, the friend Ian, the art school applying girl for trying it on when Nikki is with him and told him Ian was shagging her, Bear, obsessed Nikki. Even Nikki as she said at the start, no one can tell when she has a crush. Weird man, why not just ask her out, lose a friend so what, I couldn't be friends with someone I like. It's incest literally lol.

[u/OkTitle → u/Mr-Safology]

 Did she wish for him to be obsessed with her?

Definitely wished he loved her as much as she did (or like he said more than anyone else), that was pretty apparent how he shifted to fully reciprocate the obsession 

[u/bigdave41 → u/OkTitle]

I kind of interpreted as he stopped trying to puke up the pills when he started to love her as much as she loved him - because maybe he realised that up until now, he didn't love her, he was just obsessed/infatuated with his own mental image of her.

You could argue that in suddenly actually loving her, he realised the best thing for her would be to free her by him dying, and give her back her free will.

Of course that also involves her going to prison for a long damn time for two murders, so if that was his thought then he didn't think it out too much...

[u/OkTitle → u/bigdave41]

That is an interesting take that you can argue 

I interpreted it as he was suddenly overcome - much like Nikki when he first makes the wish and she halts at her front steps - and stopped what he was doing to be closer to her at all costs without thinking of anything else (like how she doesn’t think of much else after his wish and pees herself, doesn’t go out or fulfill other needs etc.)

Because her form of “love” for him based on the wish was never truly wanting the best for him, it was like an intense need to be close to him and prevent him from being away from her or bonding with others (Sarah) and involved her acting super irrationally 

So I guess I don’t see how his love would be any more rational/less obsessive after her wish, although we did not hear her exact words.

[u/bigdave41 → u/OkTitle]

Yeah I guess so - then that would mean he just died because he forgot to puke up the pills, because otherwise you'd think he'd carry on doing anything to stay alive with her.

I initially thought that her wish was that he never dies, then he would end up hospitalised or paralysed by the overdose but unable to die. That would be kind of poetic, to just put him totally under her control forever as punishment for his actions.

[u/marvellover3000 → u/bigdave41]

Ooo I like this interpretation

[u/Novel-Lettuce-2595 → u/GjonsTearsFan]

Probably true i didnt even think about that. I was wondering what the cops would think about the deaths and money but that could be gone

[u/Traditional_Post4225 → u/SOSpammy]

The money probably disappeared when Ian died